火星一代 The Mars Generation Movie Script

-You all ready for this?

-[Raj] Yeah, I'm pumped.

I would definitely be willing to die to go to Mars.

My life is worth all the things that the human race as a whole gain from that.

[Senator Bill Nelson] When we went to the Moon, we lost three astronauts before we ever got off the ground in the Apollo 1 fire on the pad.

[newscaster] It was all over in one stunned, horrifying second.

An electrical spark apparently shot out and ignited the 100% oxygen in the cabin that they were breathing, as in a real spaceflight.

The crewmen never had a chance.

[Senator Nelson] Now we come into the Space Shuttle, and it's supposed to be routine.

And it's supposed to be this low incident.

Well, it almost happened to us on the 24th flight.

Four scrubs, any one of which, had we launched, it would have not been a good day.

But then it happened to the 25th flight.

[mission control] Three, two, one, and liftoff.

Liftoff of the 25th Space Shuttle mission and it has cleared the tower.

[newscaster] So the 25th Space Shuttle mission is now on the way, after more delays than NASA cares to count.

This morning it looked as though they were not going to be able to get off.

[mission control] 1 minute 15 seconds, velocity 2,900 feet per second.

Altitude 9 nautical miles, downrange just at 7 nautical miles.

[Ronald Reagan] I want to say something to the school children of America who were watching the live coverage of the Shuttle's takeoff.

I know it's hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen.

It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery.

It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons.

The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted.

It belongs to the brave.